Historical fiction Books

A visionary and poignant novel centered around former newspaperman Sam Cunningham as he prepares to die, Late City covers much of the early twentieth century, unfurling as a conversation between the dying man and a surprising God. As the two review Sam's...

Only An Heiress Will Do - Virginia HeathA marriage made in haste...repented at leisure? Major Adam Mayhew has returned from war to discover his family facing ruin. He no longer cares for the expectations of the ton, but he needs a wealthy, convenient...

Based on the true story of Tasma Walton’s ancestor, a powerful, heart-wrenching novel about maternal love that endures against pitiless odds. Kidnapped by sealers and enslaved far from her homeland, Nannertgarrook has a spirit that refuses to bow …From...

Rescued By The Viscount’s RingAn unexpected proposal...for the runaway heiress!After escaping to avoid an arranged marriage, American heiress Madeline Macooish stows away on board a ship bound for England. She’s rescued by Rees Dalton and spends the...

A powerful and fierce reimagining of the founding of the Roman empire and the legend of Romulus and Remus and the mother whose sacrifice made it all possible. Ideal for fans of Madeleine Miller, Jennifer Saint and Natalie Haynes. The twins Romulus and...

"A fast-paced roller-coaster ride of deceit, espionage, danger, and-above all-the unbreakable bonds of friendship. This tense page-turner peels back new layers in the complexities of World War II espionage as it hurtles toward its satisfying finish."...

The second captivating novel featuring intrepid heroine Tatty Crowe and the fascinating world of Sydney's Victorian funeral business, from bestselling historical fiction author Deborah Challinor. Sydney, 1871. Twenty-five-year-old widow Tatty Crowe is...

‘Draws you in from the start and doesn’t let you go until the end’ Reader Review ‘Wonderfully written and oozing wartime spirit. Couldn’t ask for more!’ Reader Review The second inspiring novel in the heartwarming and hopeful Bletchley Park Girls series...

HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. ‘The reaches opened before us and closed behind, as if the forest had stepped leisurely across the water to bar the way for our return. We penetrated deeper and deeper into...

The second book in Raymond Feist’s bestselling quartet: The Serpentwar Saga. It’s hard to build a business empire in the midst of magic and murder…After a harrowing brush with the armies of the Emerald Queen Roo Avery is now free to choose his own...

1963. Hattertown, Connecticut. Leo " Half" Napoli mourns his dead hat factory worker father while daydreaming of being the first man on the moon and thereby " partaking of something of the infinite." Meanwhile, he and his fellow Back Shop Boys (their...

Since Lackadaisy was first introduced as a comic series in 2006, Tracy J. Butler has been producing related illustrations, drawings, tutorial guides, side comics, and other assorted materials of a decidedly unserious nature. This book is a collection of...

A gorgeously written, immersive and deeply moving novel about the stories that shape us and the memories that ensnare us. In 1929, young Jack travels with his parents to Henry Ford's rubber tree plantation in the Brazilian Amazon. In this beautiful but...

In the last days of the Roman Empire a desperate princess and brutal Gothic warlord forge a dangerous alliance.'Enemy of My Dreams is a romantic romp through the ashes of a dying empire.' - Luna McNamara, author of Psyche and Eros Julia, only daughter...

From the New York Times bestselling author of THE HENNA ARTIST, this sweeping novel follows a young Anglo-Indian nurse who embarks on a journey from her home in Bombay, through Europe, to uncover a mystery and prove her innocence after a famous painter...

Miss Anna And The Earl - Catherine TinleyThe key to unlocking Cinderella’s past...the enigmatic Earl? For Miss Anna Lennox, a house party hosted by the Earl of Garvald is a timely distraction from uncovering the truth about her past. And a chance to...

Tempted By Her Enemy Marquis - Louise AllenRevenge is sweet...but will the marquis’s kiss be sweeter? When Will, the Marquis of Ravenham, advertises for an expert in antiques to help him navigate the hoard of treasures that fill his newly inherited...

A Debutante In DisguiseA society lady...with a secret!Determined to help people, Letty Barton has a double life...she’s a trained doctor! No-one must know ‘Dr Hatfield’ is actually a woman. Called to an emergency, she comes face to face with her...

One Waltz With The Viscount - Laura MartinCinderella’s accidental waltz...with the Viscount everyone wants! Nothing will stop destitute Miss Sarah searching for her sister — even breaking into an exclusive ball in London! Fortunately, sneaking in...

From the critically acclaimed, bestselling author of The Cartographers and The Book of M comes an inventive new novel about a woman who wins the chance to rewrite every mistake she’s ever made... and how far she’ll go to...

Cinderella At The Duke’s Ball - Bronwyn ScottAn extraordinary dress to change her ordinary life!Cora has one season to find a husband and save her family from poverty! So, when her modest dress order is accidentally replaced with an above-her-station...

In the vein of America’s First Daughter, Piper Huguley’s historical novel delves into the remarkable friendship of Portia Washington and Alice Roosevelt, the daughters of educator Booker T. Washington and President Teddy Roosevelt.At the turn of the...

Lady Beaumont’s Daring Proposition - Eva ShepherdA proposition so scandalous...even the wild Viscount will be shocked!Lady Emily Beaumont has buried herself away from Society after being deceived by a rake so disastrously in the past. When she encounters...

A grumpy x sunshine Regency Cinderella story. An unsuitable match for the Viscount and not just because she vexes him!Bookworm Rose Lennox has no interest in making her debut, she’s only in London to discover the truth of her parentage. Her sponsor’s...

A Regency marriage of convenience at Christmastime! A wedding they can’t escape, a Christmas they’ll never forget!The last person that Samuel Beresford expected to fish out of a freezing, perilous river was Julia Livingston. The girl who was once an...

A Regency reunion to capture your heart Will they forgive each other by the time the snow melts?Years ago, Sabrina walked away from her first love, Jack, because she was duty bound to marry for money instead. Now a widow, she finds herself back in...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. The only advice, indeed, that one person can give another about reading is to take no advice, to follow your own instincts, to use your own reason, to come to your...

Set against Nantucket’s Great Fire of 1846, this sweeping, emotional novel brings together three courageous women battling to save everything they hold dear... Nantucket in 1846 is an island set apart not just by its geography but by its unique...

New York Times bestselling author of Orphan #8, Kim van Alkemade returns with a gripping and poignant historical saga in which an unmarried college student who’s given up her baby for adoption helps a Dutch Holocaust survivor search for his lost...

Marisa de los Santos returns to the world of her beloved, bestselling novels Love Walked In and Belong to Me in an enthralling tale of sisterhood, sacrifice, and the enduring power of love.“Bring me the Northern Lights.”Cornelia...

Read the next book in the heart-warming WW2 historical romance saga series, The Steel Girls In their darkest days, they’ll find the courage to carry on… Summer 1940The war is raging on but the Steel Girls are fighting their own battles closer to home...

USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight returns as she delves into the life of Adele Astaire, who served up smiles and love both on and off the stage—with and without her also famous brother Fred Astaire— along with a determined young...

A vivid, beautifully imagined story about the lengths we'll go in order to belong'Beautiful writing - tender and engaging. A wonderful novel' FAVEL PARRETT'Gina Perry has written from the heart to create a story of tenderness, struggle and love' TONY...

From the author of The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes comes yet another sharp, page-turning novel about a forgotten child star and former Hollywood “It” Girl who is now fighting back against the conservatorship that has controlled her life for...

A must-read for fans of Kate Quinn and Kristin Hannah!Paris 1930s A promise that binds them together. A war that pulls them apart. Childhood companions Fleur and Colette make a vow, under the trailing ivy of their secret garden, that they will be secret...

Hope. Glamour. Independence. A new era has begun…‘A wonderfully absorbing tale of friendship, rich in period detail’ Stylist With the Great War behind them, four friends are ready to live again.Lydia, a society beauty, has everything – wealth,...

From the author of Caroline, a revealing retelling of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved Little Women, from the perspective of Margaret “Marmee” March, about the larger real-world challenges behind the cozy domestic concerns cherished by...

Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience – classics which will endure for generations to come.. Based on J. G. Ballard’s own childhood,...

Never gamble on your heart’s desire Notorious rake Finn Ransome is much happier at a gaming table than pandering to society’s expectations. However, his father has made it clear he must marry or lose his inheritance.After a disastrous first season,...

Inspired by true events, a breathtaking WWII historical novel about the brave American women who trained the British Royal Air Force, by New York Times bestselling author Lorraine Heath.1941. A talented flier, Jessie Lovelace yearns for a career in...

The latest in the heartwarming WW2 family saga series! ‘Uplifting and full of warmth, this tale of friendship and love is another brilliant instalment in this much loved historical fiction series’ MyWeekly‘This heartwarming, nostalgic book is a fitting...

The Internationally Bestselling Author of The English Wife‘Beautifully epic, romantic & rich in detail’ #1 & USA Today bestseller Lorna Cook‘Sweeping and evocative’ Rosanna LeyThree sisters The Great War The end of innocence… In 1913, in a quiet...

A stunning and heartbreaking new novel from Jamila Gavin MBE, the bestselling and award-winning author of Coram Boy and The Wheel of Surya. England, 1937.Gwen, Noor, Dodo and Vera are four very different teenage girls, with something in common. Their...

From Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb, the bestselling authors of Meet Me in Monaco, comes a coming-of-age novel set in pre-WWII Europe, perfect for fans of Jennifer Robson, Beatriz Williams, and Kate Quinn.   Three cities, two sisters, one...

“It’s so hard to believe that this is a debut novel! It’s an historic novel. Talk about hitting me on so many good points.” –John Busbee, The Culture Buzz, weekly on www.KFMG.org“Set against the harsh backdrop of Montana, You Belong Here...

“Spectacular story-telling . . . the author’s elaborate skill in weaving intimate emotional detail into the broad canvas of history is in fantastic display.”—Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionA spellbinding family saga—a sequel to Daughter of Fortune—from...

ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF THE SUMMER BY POPSUGAR, FROLIC, PARADE, TRAVEL & LEISURE, SHE KNOWS, and SHE READS!  NAMED A REAL SIMPLE BEST BOOK OF 2020 (SO FAR). “Fast Girls is a compelling, thrilling look at what it takes to be a...

HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. ‘There was no doubt about it: if you wanted to succeed you had to go away. You could do nothing in Dublin.’From a child coming to terms with the death of a priest to a young...